june 6 1944

june 6 1944
Happy 6.Jun Day
Today, the 65th anniversary of D-Day, we pause to salute the thousands of Allied troops who bravely stormed the beaches at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Their long-heralded exploits marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany’s dream of world domination.
The story of D-Day is well-known, having been told vividly in films, books, documentaries and by surviving participants, whose ranks are quickly dwindling.
Many of the young men who died that day did so before even hitting the beach or firing one shot in defense of freedom. Still thousands more died on the sands. It’s those brave men and the aging veterans, who survived the largest land, sea and air invasion ever undertaken, that we remember today.
The toll that day was devastating. While exact battle figures are unknown, U.S. casualties have been estimated at 1,465 killed, 3,184 wounded and 1,928 missing in action. All together, the total losses suffered by all the Allied forces have been placed at more than 10,000 dead, wounded or captured during the Normandy invasion, code-name Operation Overlord.
Despite superior German positions on steep cliffs overlooking beaches, bearing the names of Omaha, Juno and Utah, massive cliff-top gun emplacements, pillboxes and deadly machine-gun nests, the Allies, through sheer determination and acts of bravery, established beachheads and, eventually, were able to move inland and to victory in Europe.
We honor today not only a massive military undertaking that changed the course of history, but the nearly 3 million troops who crossed the English Channel to Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944